G7 Summit at Bayern Schloss Elmau

The 41st G7 summit was held in Schloss Elmau, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany on 7 and 8 June 2015. The Leaders’ Declaration may be found at https://www.g7germany.de/.

Group photo of the G7:

  • Tusk (European Council President),
  • Abe (Japan),
  • Harper (Canada),
  • Obama (USA),
  • Merkel (Germany),
  • Hollande (France),
  • Cameron (UK),
  • Renzi (Italy) and
  • Juncker (European Commission).

Image Source: Bundesregierung/Gottschalk.

Bayern ranks second in GDP among the German states (Bundeslaender), placing it on the 4.2 field of the G8x8 chess board. Its 2016 GDP of 568.0 billion € was equivalent to 18.1 percent of the German total. This was more than the national GDP of Argentina or Sweden.